Procore costs $20,000 to $200,000/year USD, takes 3–12 months to implement, is English-only and has no CCQ, no SEAO and no Law 25 compliance. SubmitX is the Quebec-built alternative: live in under an hour, from $99/month.
Free 7-day trial — no credit cardBilingual (FR/EN) · CCQ + SEAO included · Data hosted in Canada
| Quebec SMB Criteria | Procore | SubmitX |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | ~$1,700 USD/month | $99 CAD/month |
| Time to go live | 3–12 months | < 1 hour |
| French interface | ✗ English only | ✓ Native French + English |
| CCQ payroll (DAS, T5018) | ✗ None | ✓ Integrated |
| SEAO / MERX monitoring | ✗ None | ✓ AI daily alerts |
| AI bid generation (2 min) | ✗ None | ✓ Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| TakeOff AI from PDF plans | ✗ None | ✓ AEC Vision |
| Native QST/GST tax handling | ✗ Connector required | ✓ Native |
| Law 25 compliance (Canada) | ✗ Data in USA | ✓ Certified Canada |
| Job-site document management | ✓ Excellent | ✓ Included |
| iOS/Android mobile app | ✓ Available | ✓ Available |
| No IT team required | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
Procore: $20,000–$200,000/year USD. SubmitX: $1,188–$5,988/year CAD. For a 10-person SMB, that's $15,000 to $70,000 in annual savings — before implementation costs.
CCQ, SEAO, QST/GST, Law 25, RBQ — all Quebec-specific requirements are native in SubmitX. Procore handles none of these natively.
SubmitX generates complete bids in 2 minutes with Claude Sonnet 4.6. Procore has no AI bid generation — estimating stays 100% manual.
Sign up, configure your profile, create your first AI bid — all in 45 minutes. Procore requires 3–12 months of implementation with an integrator.
All your data (clients, projects, employees) stays in Canada. Procore hosts in the USA — Law 25 impact assessment is your responsibility.
Interface, documents, support — all in French (and English). Your workers, foremen and sub-contractors don't need to struggle with an English-only platform.
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